margaret, was the first to be divorced in a family close to the queen in 1960 she married anthony armstrong jones and in 1978 they divorced the first child of the queen to get married was princess anne in 73 she became the wife of captain mark philips in 1986 the whole country celebrated the wedding of prince andrew and sarah ferguson they divorced the same year as princess anne, once again, 1992 is not one of those years that i will remember with frank pleasure. as one of my kindest correspondents says, this year turned out to be simply terrible, this year of upheavals, windsor castle survived a fire that occurred under during the celebration of the queen's 45th wedding anniversary, the castle where the royal family lived for almost a thousand years was partially destroyed by an accidental incident when a curtain caught fire from a spotlight. we fight them but the 92nd year of royal drama was rocked by the news of another even more dramatic royal divorce buckingham palace with jelly reports that the prince and princess of wales decided to divorce when 1981 year, the heir to the british throne, p